Amazing Race & Rocky Mountain Survivor

Introduction

Home On The Range Adventure Tours' team building programs are unique, challenging, fun and keep everyone involved. We can combine a selection of activities to create one-half day or whole day event. These activities can of course be extended to incorporate as many one-half or whole days as desired. And, we can divide your group into any number of teams that will spend the day competing in, enjoying, and learning from an assortment of events and challenges.

Many of our activities can be completed in as little as 15 minutes, making them perfect for breakout sessions, though most of our exercises are somewhat longer. Groups can often complete 3 - 4 of our individual events within an hour to an hour and a half, and can comfortably complete 5 of our events within a three hour time frame. All of our activities are easily adaptable to group size and many can be conducted either indoors or outdoors.

Pricing will vary depending on the number of individuals participating in an event, on the length of the event, and on the particular team building event selected. Ask our expert event planners for an exact price based on your group and your specific choice of programs.

Here are two exciting ideas as to how to spend one-half day with your team.

Amazing Race in the Rockies

Race around your chosen area of the Rockies in your very own “Amazing Race” contest.

Complete with “Roadblocks”, “Detours” and “Pitstops”, this group event will pit teams of 4 to 6 against one another in a series of contests designed for fun and excitement. Just like the hugely popular TV show, it’s possible for anyone to win, right up to the last moment. Some of the challenges you may face include active team games, mental challenges, building a dogsled, solving mysteries, riding giant skis, a food contest, and a unique scavenger hunt.

Participants need only be in reasonable physical condition and should be prepared for being outdoors for a good portion of the time (we recommend appropriate footwear and clothing for the time of year).

Possible “Roadblock” and “Detour” Challenges are outlined below. **

Potential Program Locations: Kananaskis or Bow Valley, Canmore/Banff, other locations

Time Period: One-Half Day - 3 to 4 hours (can be extended to full-day)

Inclusions: All equipment, staff and “Amazing Race” themed layout.

Group Size: Variable

Season: Year round.

Rocky Mountain Survivor

Be a part of your own “Survivor” game as you and your team challenge other teams in a variety of activities and contests.

This one-half day event can be held in almost any location and uses many of the same game elements as the popular TV show. Your team will have an opportunity to gain “Immunity” for events, earn special rewards, and kick other teams off at the concluding “Tribal Council” by using the “elimination points” you’ve earned along the way.

Participants need only be in reasonable physical condition and should be prepared for being outdoors for a good portion of the time (we recommend appropriate footwear and clothing for the time of year).

Possible Challenges are outlined below. **

Potential Program Locations: Kananaskis or Bow Valley, Canmore/Banff, other locations

Time Period: One-Half Day - 3 to 4 hours (can be extended to full-day)

Inclusions: All equipment, staff and “Rocky Mountain Survivor” themed layout.

Group Size: Variable

Season: Year round.

** The following activities are available to incorporate into your unique team building program. However, we would like for you to always keep in mind that customized company experiences are one of Home On The Range Adventure Tours specialties, so please, if you do not see exactly what you want, give us a call and we’ll work with you to make it happen.

Brain Teasers
Animal Puzzler Voyageur Canoe
In front of you, are approximately 70 - 3 feet x 3 feet puzzle pieces. Each puzzle piece is part of an animal that is native to the Rockies. There are 7 different animals that can be constructed. Your team's task is to successfully complete one puzzle in the shortest time, and correctly identify the animal. Imagine your voyageur canoe just went through some unexpected rapids and your crew has been thrown overboard. Now you need to get everyone back on board without capsizing the canoe. Once each crewmember is safely on board you congratulate yourselves by singing "Row, Row, Row Your Boat"!
Stranded! Summit Flags
A storm has left your climbing party stranded on a narrow ledge. A path of stepping stones large enough for one person can lead you to a cave for shelter. As you leave the ledge you realize that you have left your locked survival boxes behind and the keys are around the necks of the people who left first. Now you need to get the people with keys back to the survival boxes to get the equipment. One wrong step could send you tumbling off the mountain! Be the team to pull the last flag off of the mountain "summit" and claim the mountain as your own. Using logic and cunning, your team competes against other teams to remove just the right number of flags from the cairn at the "summit" so that your team is the one to claim the last flag and the honour of being the ruler of the mountain!
A Little Navigation Required
Cardinal Points Crazy Compass Points
Using the compass, take a bearing on the four cardinal points (North, South, East, West) and follow it until you reach a target marker. On each target there are letters to record, from which a word can be created. Return to the start with the correct word, as soon as you are finished. This event will require your team to get from Point A to Point B by using a variety of directional markers cut in 30, 60, 90, 135 and 180 degree angles, and lengths of rope. It is a logistical and planning challenge! The team completing the course in the shortest time is the winner.
Amazing Maze
This game is similar to one you may have played as a kid. Remember the small box with the tilting table where you controlled the movement of a marble around a series of obstacles? Well this game is the same except... it's much, much bigger and your team of 4 will each control one corner of this large table. The object of the game is to effectively communicate among your team so that you can move a ball around an obstacle course without losing the ball through one of the pitfalls!
Active Challenges – Sports with a Twist
Wildlife Madness Pitch, Sand, or Putt Giant Table Hockey
Using non-regulation balls and sticks, participants have to complete a short croquet-style course in either a record time or with a minimum number of hits to the ball. However, the course is littered with wildlife and other natural and unnatural hazards causing you to "play through" a little differently. A custom pitching green, 12 feet x 20 feet complete with rough, green, cup and pin. You have 4 chances to score points based on playing the "best ball" or on sinking that magical hole in one. Not as easy as it looks - the course has some subtle grades already built in. This game is modeled after a typical Canadian kid's game: Table Hockey. In this case though, the game is played on the ground and you are the players. Each player can only move along a set course, just like the table game. This is an exciting way to play hockey that is safe, fun, and can be played by anyone!
Alberta Themes
The Battle for Fort Whoop Up Fur Trading Through the Rocky Mountains Calf Roping
Fort Whoop-up's been abandoned by the law and desperate varmints, such as yourselves, are trying to take control of the valuable whisky stored within. Two walls of the "fort" are set in an "open V" formation and your team is trying some target practice against images of historic figures set in the openings of the walls. The weapons you use are unusual to say the least! It's the last fur trading run of the season and you've reached a point in the journey where you need to portage your canoe and trade goods across terrain to a land locked trading post. Your goal is to start with a boatload of supplies and be the first at each trading post along the way in order to earn the right to trade supplies for furs. At the end of the route it's a flat out race back to the start to earn the title of top trader! Set in a western style donut tent, cowboys will need to rope up some stray 'doggies' that have escaped from the stock pens. Ropers from each team will be sitting on a "horse" located in one of four different corners of the playing area. Each roper will have a lasso and piggin string. On a signal, they attempt to lasso a moving "doggie". If they are successful, they get off their horse run to the calf and tie three of the calf's legs together.
"Huck, muck 'n Chucks" - Chuck Wagon Races" Junkyard "Hitchin' Post" "Break Camp, Not Wind" Backpacker's Race
And theeeeeyrrrrrrrr off". Harnessing the horsepower of thoroughbreds while balanced precariously on a short wooden seat atop a bouncing miniature chuckwagon, is not a sport for the weak or weary! And each team's "thoroughbreds" will be of the 2-legged kind! Every cowboy needs a hitchin' post to tie his or her horse to… especially when visiting the saloon. In this case though, there's no post in sight. All you can see is a pile of odds and ends, so what else can you do but build your own. Use the materials on hand, some ingenuity and possibly a lot of duct tape, to build your hitchin' post. The weather has turned nasty and your group of backpackers has to break camp in a hurry and find a more hospitable location Camp is still set up so it will have to be quickly disassembled, put into backpacks and then taken out and set up in another location.

Contact our knowledgeable staff today to discuss making your western experience a reality.

Design Your Own Unique Event

Remember to ask the Home On The Range Adventure Tours’ staff to help you design and build the perfect program for you. In the past we've developed programs as varied as overnight road rally events, western themed and sports themed game events, orienteering courses, in fact, all of the programs listed above were at one time unique events in their own right.

You can also combine a team building event with a keynote presentation to build additional employee value into your event. Or you can include guided hikes, walks, snowshoe trips, slide presentations, and sightseeing tours to create a complete Rocky Mountain package.

General Information

Developer/Facilitators

Our competent, knowledgeable, and experienced guides and facilitators are the foundation of our programs. They come from many different backgrounds, but choose to make the mountains their home because of their love of nature and the outdoors. They share a passion for the wilderness, wildlife and history of the region and they are eager to share that experience and knowledge with you!

Timing & Location

Your custom designed program can be delivered at any time of the year. Our network of Guides/Facilitators is available to offer programs in a broad range of locations. No matter the location, we are committed to designing and delivering a program that combines the best of people, place and product.

Price & Duration

As all packages are customized to meet the specific request and needs of the client. Prices will vary depending on the number of individuals participating in an event, on the length of the event, and on the particular team building event selected. Ask us for an exact price based on your group and your specific choice of activities.

Transportation

Can be arranged to all locations.

Accommodations

Can be arranged at local hotels, lodges and resorts.

Meal Information

Meals can be incorporated into the packages, if requested.

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